التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
In situ fabrication of atomically adjacent dual-vacancy sites for nearly 100% selective CH4 production. |
| المؤلفون: |
Ye He, Sheng Dai, Jianping Sheng, Qin Ren, Yao Lv, Yanjuan Sun, Fan Dong |
| المصدر: |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 6/18/2024, Vol. 121 Issue 25, p1-10, 32p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
EXERGONIC reactions, ELECTRON paramagnetic resonance, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, CHARGE exchange, TRANSMISSION electron microscopy |
| مستخلص: |
The photocatalytic CO2-to-CH4 conversion involves multiple consecutive proton--electron coupling transfer processes. Achieving high CH4 selectivity with satisfactory conversion efficiency remains challenging since the inefficient proton and electron delivery path results in sluggish proton-electron transfer kinetics. Herein, we propose the fabrication of atomically adjacent anion-cation vacancy as paired redox active sites that could maximally promote the proton- and electron-donating efficiency to simultaneously enhance the oxidation and reduction half-reactions, achieving higher pho- tocatalytic CO2 reduction activity and CH4 selectivity. Taking TiO2 as a photocatalyst prototype, the operando electron paramagnetic resonance spectra, quasi in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements, and high-angle annular dark-field-scanning transmission electron microscopy image analysis prove that the VTi on TiO2 as initial sites can induce electron redistribution and facilitate the escape of the adjacent oxygen atom, thereby triggering the dynamic creation of atomically adjacent dual-vacancy sites during photocatalytic reactions. The dual-vacancy sites not only promote the proton- and electron-donating efficiency for CO2 activation and protonation but also modulate the coordination modes of surface-bound intermediate species, thus converting the endoergic protonation step to an exoergic reaction process and steering the CO2 reduction pathway toward CH4 production. As a result, these in situ created dual active sites enable nearly 100% CH4 selectivity and evolution rate of 19.4 pmol g-1 h-1, about 80 times higher than that of pristine TiO2. Thus, these insights into vacancy dynamics and structure-function relationship are valuable to atomic understanding and catalyst design for achieving highly selective catalysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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